Content filed under “links”
How I Solved My Font Rendering Problem
Michelle Barker yet again, shares a life-saver of a CSS tip!
The Fifty-Fifty Split and Overflow
Ryan Mulligan demonstrates not just some elegant layout work but also, a very tidy method of dealing with overflow content.
CSS :has() Interactive Guide
Ahmad Shadeed has done it again with a stunning interactive guide that *will* make the CSS :has() pseudo-class make sense for you.
Speedier tunes
Jeremy Keith showcases a proper real-world performance improvement using content-visibility.
Tailwind vs. Semantic CSS
A really interesting study by Tero Piirainen, comparing a build of the exact same page using Tailwind vs semantic CSS.
Removing list styles without affecting semantics
Manuel Matuzović solves an age-old problem with dealing with list styles when you don’t want them and I riff about my reset.
Smashing hour - April 30th 2024
Join Vitaly Friedman and myself as we talk about design, CSS and all sorts in April.
CSS Scroll-triggered Animations with Style Queries
I stumbled across Ryan Mulligan’s excellent article on scroll-triggered animations which helps them make more sense to me.
Some use cases for revert-layer
A damn useful run-down of revert-layer — a more useful CSS revert tool — by Mayank
The legendary Codrops are on Patreon
One of the best publications in the biz are feeling the pinch of rising costs and fewer sponsors, so they’ve set up a Patreon that I hope you will support.
Offloading JavaScript With Custom Properties
Heydon Pickering perfectly illustrates why it’s important to understand both CSS and JavaScript well.
New GitHub Copilot Research Finds “Downward Pressure on Code Quality”
I’ve noted down some thoughts about research that shows CoPilot use, lowers the quality of code, overall.
How to align the text of the last paragraph line
Stefan Judis runs us through the rather useful text-align-last CSS property with a handy demo.
Utopia SCSS Library
Utopia — the extremely handy fluid type and space tool — now has an SCSS (Sass) library which looks great.
ShopTalk reaches 600th episode
The ultimate stalwart of podcasts about the web hits yet another major milestone, so I wanted to congratulate them.
Kind of annoyed at React
A really interesting commentary on the state of React by one of the best in the biz: Cassidy Williams.
Steady has a great new homepage
This new homepage demonstrates how concise content mixed with clear design — riddled with delightful flare — is super effective.
Urlbox
12 Modern CSS One-Line Upgrades
A handy run down of newer stable, stable enhancement and progressive enhancement CSS features by Stephanie Eckles.
Automated weekly links posts with raindrop.io and Eleventy
A really clever setup by Sophie that automates a weekly links post, based on articles she saves in a third party service.
Designing better target sizes